We are Open San Diego

Who we are.

We are San Diegans who believe data and technology can better serve
citizens, sparking a more vibrant democracy and civic life. We treasure
our communities and work together to bolster our public experience. We
are a brigade of the national, non-partisan Code for America, leveraging
their resources, but keenly focused on our improving local issues here
at home.

The things we care about.

Mission: We strengthen San Diego citizens’ experience as among
the best in the nation, by collaborating to create a more engaged,
efficient, and effective democracy and civic life.

Vision: A thriving regional San Diego ecosystem, whose people,
environment, and economy are supported by seamlessly implemented data
and technology.

Our Values:

We are human-centered, focused on being accepting and respectful of
all people (learn more in our
Code of Conduct)

We are data-informed, focused on opening up and utilizing public data
to make better decisions (learn more about
San Diego Gov Open Data )

Share your talents and ideas

We are a
Code for America Brigade
, which means we’re of, by, and for our community -
if you are in San Diego County, you belong! We’re
civic-minded volunteers with a variety of skills and experiences in
community development, urban planning, non-profits, government,
business, software development, design, data science and more! Whether
your talents or ideas, you have something to contribute towards
improving the way our local governments and community organizations
work.

Peer-to-Peer Library Lending

Code for America

We are a
Code for America Brigade, which means we’re civic-minded volunteers of techies, creatives,
business people and other civic-stakeholders that contribute our talents
toward improving the way our local governments and community
organizations work.